Patiala
The District of Patiala is situated in Punjab State of Northwestern India. It is 3627 Sq. Km. in area. It is surrounded by Districts Rupnagar, SAS Nagar and Fatehgarh Sahib and State Capital Chandigarh in the North, District Sangrur in the West, Districts Kurukshetra and Ambala of State Haryana in the East and District Kaithal of State Haryana in the South. The City of Patiala is the headquarter of this District.
The District of Patiala was founded by Baba Ala Singh in 1763, when he laid the foundation stone of Patiala Fort known as Qila Mubarak. Litterly, Pati means Land and Ala means of Baba Ala Singh, So Patiala means Land of Baba Ala Singh. District Patiala is one of the erstwhile Princely Cities of Punjab. Patiala is famous for its Turban, Patiala-Shahi Salwar, Punjabi Jutti (Punjabi Shoes) and Patiala Peg ( a double peg of Whisky).
This District has been divided into 4 Tehsils and 4 Sub-Tehsils -Tehsils – Nabha , Patiala , Rajpura , SamanaSub-Tehsils -Bhadson , Ghanaur , Dudhan Sadhan , Patran
Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji visited this site, during his missionery travels across ...
BAHADURGARH, Fort, 9 km northeast of Patiala (30° 20’N, 76° 26’E), marks ...
The ninth Guru Sri Tegh Bahadur stayed at Saifabad during one of ...
Gurdwara Sri Magar Sahib is situated 500 meters to the north of ...
Bibipur Khurd, locally called Bipur, is a small Village in Patiala district, ...
Gurudwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib, is situated on the Village Rohtas teh ...
Ugani, a small Village 10 km from Rajpura (30°28`N, 76°37`E), in Patiala ...
Gurudwara Sri Moti Baag Sahib is situated in the Patiala city. When ...
Gurudwara Sri Chaubara Sahib is situated in Village Cheetanwala teh Nabha district ...
Gurudwara Sri Tharra Sahib is situated in the Samana city district Patiala. ...
Bauran kalan, commonly called Ramgarh Bauran, a Village 5 km southwest of ...
Gurudwara Sri Dukhniwaran Sahib is situated in the Patiala city. Situated in ...